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Enrollment
3,147
High
DISTRICT 1,886 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341638003059
Union City High School
2500 Kennedy Blvd, Union City, NJ 07087 · (201) 330-8678 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,147 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
181 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
2,303 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 742 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 740 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 787 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 878 | 28% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 23.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Union City High School
Union City High School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union City High School this school | 3,147 | 73.2% | 29.4% |
| Perth Amboy High School PERTH AMBOY | 2,769 | 69.8% | 19.4% |
| North Bergen High School N BERGEN | 2,328 | 66.1% | 18.9% |
| Memorial High School WEST NEW YORK | 2,345 | 84.4% | 25.5% |
| East Side High School NEWARK | 2,046 | 77.2% | 12.9% |
| Plainfield High School PLAINFIELD | 2,077 | 75.4% | 9.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Union City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #259 of 397 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #248 of 400 ▼ 9 | #11 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #171 of 395 ▲ 33 | #10 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,147 | #3 of 442 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #376 of 388 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #387 of 389 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #54 of 405 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #92 of 173 | #6 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
3,147
+263 (+9%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 2,428
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3,147 | 181 | 17.4:1 | 73% (2,303) |
| 2023-24 | 3,089 | 181 | 17.1:1 | 77% (2,366) |
| 2022-23 | 3,025 | 179 | 16.9:1 | 83% (2,507) |
| 2020-21 | 2,884 | 179 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,899 | 185 | 15.7:1 | 85% (2,475) |
| 2015-16 | 2,723 | 178 | 15.3:1 | 84% (2,282) |
| 2010-11 | 2,428 | 143 | 17.0:1 | 89% (2,169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union City High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (2,899 to 3,147); teachers down 2% (185 to 181).
About Union City High School
Union City High School is one of the public schools in Union City, New Jersey. It is a high-enrollment high school. The school has 3,147 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 239% higher.
Union City School District (14 schools, 11,519 students) runs Union City High School.
Hispanic students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. Hudson County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 55 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union City High School is 17.4:1, based on 181 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New Jersey, 12.7:1, is lower. Union City High School counts 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Union City High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New Jersey public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.1% for Union City High School. The school posts 29.4%, 3.3 points above the prediction.
In the wider Hudson County area, the median household earns about $91,795 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Union City High School shares Hudson County with 129 other public schools.
Union City High School is about 0.1 miles from Robert Waters Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Union City High School is behind the 49.6% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Union City High School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 263 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 16.1:1 to 17.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City School District
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
Other schools in Union City
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
Other Union City High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Union City High. Union City High School is the largest of the 5.
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, TN · 416 students
- Union City High SchoolUNION CITY, MI · 305 students
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, PA · 304 students
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, OK · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Waters Elementary School0.1 mi · 983
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education0.2 mi · 300
- Jose Marti STEM Academy0.4 mi · 625
- McKinley Elementary School0.4 mi · 296
- Daniel Webster School0.4 mi · 406
- Sara M. Gilmore Academy0.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Union City High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union City High School?
Union City High School enrolls approximately 3,147 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Union City High School serve?
Union City High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Union City High School have?
Union City High School employs 181 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union City High School?
At Union City High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Union City High School public or private?
Union City High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.